I love being a star more than life itself.

Gimme a pigfoot and a bottle of beer.

If I hold back, I'm no good. I'm no good. I'd rather be good sometimes, than holding back all the time.

I read, I painted, I didn't hate niggers.

I started singing rhythmically, and now I'm learning from Otis Redding to push a song instead of just sliding over it

You can't stay in your home town and play because the two people will get tired of seeing you.

When I sing, I feel like when you're first in love. It's more than sex. It's that point two people can get to they call love, when you really touch someone for the first time, but it's gigantic, multiplied by the whole audience. I feel chills.